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US 8,430,770 B2Granted
Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information
OwnerBrian M. Duganinventor
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Abstract
In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes a wireless device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to provide information indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object. The wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Numerous other aspects are provided.
Claims6
A method for monitoring a golf swing comprising:
- providing a cellular telephone having one or more accelerometers and a program that allows the cellular telephone to:
- monitor acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings;
- collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings;
- analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a golf swing based on the collected acceleration information;
- and
- output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on a display of the cellular telephone;
- coupling the cellular telephone to a forearm or wrist of a user;
- and
- employing the cellular telephone coupled to the forearm or wrist of the user to:
- monitor acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings while the user swings a golf club;
- collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the cellular telephone as the cellular telephone swings;
- analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information;
- and
- output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the cellular telephone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.